CHAPTER 92

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-159 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to certain prohibited operations of motor vehicles. rH 2897

Approved February 20, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-159 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46.1-159. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or
to permit the operation of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer for
which the fee for registration and license plates is prescribed by § 46.1-154
on any highway of this State, under any of the following circumstances:
( 1) Without first having paid the registration and license plate fee
hereinabove prescribed,
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(2) If, at the time of any such operation, the gross weight of the
vehicle, or of the combination of vehicles of which it is a part, is in excess
of the gross weight on the basis of which it is registered and licensed.

(b) Any officer authorized to enforce the motor vehicle laws, having
reason to believe that the gross weight of any motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer being operated on any highway of this State exceeds that on
the basis of which such vehicle is registered and licensed, is authorized to
weigh the same by such means as the Superintendent may prescribe and
the operator, or other person in possession of such vehicle, shall permit
such weighing whenever requested by such officer.

(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section or who
operates or permits the operation of a trailer or semitrailer designed for
the use of human beings as living quarters, upon the highways of this
State without having first paid to the Commissioner the fee prescribed in
§ 46.1-149(4) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, or by confinement in jail for not more than six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.